ERKKI-SVEN TÜÜR b.1959

 

1) Igavik (Eternity) for male choir and orchestra (in memoriam Lennart Meri, 2006) – Doris Kareva

Male singers from the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Estonian National Male Choir/Mihhail Gerts

 

2) Symphony No.4 ‘Magma’ for solo percussion and symphony orchestra (dedicated to Evelyn Glennie, 2002)

Evelyn Glennie percussion

 

3) Inquiétude du fini for chamber choir & orchestra (dedicated to Arvo Pärt, 1992) – Tõnu Õnnepalu

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Mikk Üleoja

 

4) The Path and the Traces for strings (2005)

 

World Premiere Recording

 

Paavo Järvi is known for having championed many works by contemporary Estonian composers such as Arvo Pärt, Lepo Sumera and Eduard Tubin. After his recent critically acclaimed Arvo Pärt recordings on Virgin Classics he now returns to another Estonian composer, Erkki-Sven Tüür whose works he often directs in international venues. Paavo Järvi recorded Tüür’s “Insula Deserta” & Homage to Sibelius on the label several years ago.

 

Symphony no. 4, “Magma”, is dedicated to Scottish virtuoso percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who tours extensively in Europe and the USA and performs with an extraordinarily wide variety of orchestras and contemporary musicians. She has won many awards, including Best Chamber Music Performance in the 1989 Grammy Awards for her recording of Béla Bartók's Sonata for two pianos and percussion (with David Corkhill, Murray Perahia & Georg Solti).

 

Paavo Järvi and Evelyn Glennie are to perform Magma together in Frankfurt on 6th & 7th September.

 

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